The purpose of this book is unchanged: to present the basic information necessary to design simple steel structures in a way that creates interes interest in the subject.
This second edition is based on the new 1978 edition of the specification moreover, on september 1, 1978 the rollings mills of the major steel producer in this country initiated production of a new series of wide- flange shapes that has required revision of most of the illustrative examplesprovide in this second edition.